[SUGGESTION] An idea of how Machine Gun could look...

Hey, I was playing some DMs recently , I had a lot of fun with the MG weapon mowing people down or dying before I make it

And I tought how nice it could be if it could look a little more 'energetical'. As it is a hitscan weapon, it hits instantly, why not instead of shooting a traveling 'sparks' make it shooting little white 'lightnings'?

Just thin white unlit lines that flash for a very short period of time and disappear without a trace. That could look very cool while shooting series (esecially if you're mixing primary and secondary fire modes. Secondary mode's lines should be thicker (remeber that first bullet fired with primary mode is also more powerful and it also should be thicker.

That could look very nice with the frightning stroboscopic bulletstromish feel just above your head Woo!

Would be cool if bloom/HDR would also catch these lines and give them the glow.

What do you think?

like tracer ammunition, would be cool!

i image it to be like this:



just with more bullets of course

(i couldnt find a good image, so had to make it, it's from the flash game raze)


but it would make it possible to immediately see where the shooting player stands, some people might complain about that.


edit: yeah, found a good image :
http://www.defense.gov/dodcmsshare/newsp...5M-407.jpg

RAZE!!! yay! I played it too!

*back to topic:
I like the idea, too!

Really like this idea! It would be cool to have bullet path traces like that. It would look great!

But what will you do about the bullet impacts when the white lines hit the wall, unfa? Will each bullet make a little orange flare to show the impact like they do currently in TheGameThatShallNotBeNamed? (Or in this case, a little white flare???)

But what will you do about the bullet impacts when the white lines hit the wall, unfa? Will each bullet make a little orange flare to show the impact like they do currently in TheGameThatShallNotBeNamed? (Or in this case, a little white flare???)

Mmm... how about it leaving some white sparks flying from the hole (like those created by Nex/Xon currently)? And maybe a little puff of white steam?

Let's say that this gun shoots bullets made of phosphorus

Mmm... how about it leaving some white sparks flying from the hole (like those created by Nex/Xon currently)? And maybe a little puff of white steam?

Let's say that this gun shoots bullets made of phosphorus

Ha, ha!

So, yeah, I think that could be a great idea. I would program it or model, but I can't make sense of QuakeC. Damn, I want to contribute as much as possible to Xonotic, but I don't know enough to do that. (Arrg, I can write Batch files, shell scripts, VB, C, C#, and a bit of C++, but I just can't grasp the basic concepts of QuakeC ).

Personally, I'd like to see the machinegun have a more chunky model like a minigun to be honest! Interesting idea also.

So, yeah, I think that could be a great idea. I would program it or model, but I can't make sense of QuakeC. Damn, I want to contribute as much as possible to Xonotic, but I don't know enough to do that. (Arrg, I can write Batch files, shell scripts, VB, C, C#, and a bit of C++, but I just can't grasp the basic concepts of QuakeC ).

So you can code it right into the engine!

kojn^, whatdayamean by "chunky"? Massive? Big? Heavy?

How about a three-barreled medium-sized thing?